Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Velutinoidea > Family Velutinidae > Genus Velutina

Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Velutina*	Fleming, 1820	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Bulla velutina*	Müller O.F., 1776	synonym
*Helix laevigata*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Velutina capuloidea*	Blainville, 1824	synonym
*Velutina laevigata*	(O. F. Müller, 1777)	synonym
*Velutina laevigata*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Velutina laevigata var. alba*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Velutina rupicola*	Conrad, 1831	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: fløjlsskæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: fluweelhoren; gewone fluweelhoren sources: de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.

English: smooth lamellaria; smooth velutina sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: veloutée lisse sources: Bousfield, E.L. 1964. Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. > Musée national du Canada, Ottawa. 89 p.

Swedish: sjöpungsnäcka

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
Barcode of Life
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141905